A school in upstate New York apologized for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic after complaints from district residents who lost family members in Afghanistan. The pledge was read in Arabic as part of National Foreign Language Week.
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Donald Trump makes a trip to New Hampshire as he again considers a presidential run.
Haley Texada scored a career-high 30 points and Kansas State took control early on its way to an 86-68 win over Akron Thursday night in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament before an announced crowd of 1,704 at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State scored the first 10 points of the game and led by as much as 14-2 with 16:04 left in the first half before the Zips out of the Mid American Conference fought back to cut the margin to 16-10 with 14:31 left in the half. With Texada scoring 19 of her points in the first half…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has passed four bills aimed at increasing government transparency but rejected a proposal to open officials’ private emails about government business to public scrutiny. Senators passed all four bills unanimously Thursday. One would limit government fees for producing records, and another would increase lobbyist disclosures about their funding. A third requires the Legislature to provide live Internet audio of some committee meetings, starting in 2016. A fourth preserves existing open records exceptions. The chamber rejected an amendment from Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka to require state agencies to disclose officials’ emails about government…
President Barack Obama meets with Britain’s Prince Charles, Thursday, March 19, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, centre, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian capital, and some of the gunmen may have escaped. On Thursday, Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, which may have been carried out by some of the Tunisian fighters who returned after fighting in Iraq and Syria.
During the arraignment, Judge Elder explained both of the crimes Arand is accused of committing, which included unlawfully and intentionally killing a human being, as well as unlawfully and maliciously killing or torturing an animal. Elder also informed Arand of the penalties he faces in regard to each count. “If convicted, this is an off-grid crime,” said Judge Elder of the statute for the first degree murder charge. “The sentence shall be imprisonment for life, and shall not be subject to statutory provisions for suspended sentence, community service or probation.” If convicted of animal cruelty, Arand also faces no less…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Jo Maseberg Tomlinson with K-State’s Global Campus, as well as Debbie Nuss with the League of Women Voters Manhattan/Riley County. K-State’s global campus-segment 1 K-State’s global campus-segment 2 Debbie Nuss-segment 1 Debbie Nuss-segment 2
Fake Patty’s Day was still a topic of discussion during Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting, as Riley County Police Department Director, Brad Schoen had not yet weighed in on the events that occurred. The holiday was celebrated in Manhattan nearly two weeks ago, but Schoen shared some positive news regarding trends. The official FPD statistics won’t be released until the county law board meeting on Monday. However, Schoen told commissioners many of the numbers were down from previous years. Calls for service and arrests were two major statistics that dropped from 2014. Schoen accredited his officers for doing a great…
Bond has been set at $100,000 for a 22-year- old Manhattan man, arrested by Riley County Police Wednesday on a warrant from Midland County,Texas. Issac Beverly was taken into custody in the 2200 block of Kimball Avenue at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on the probation violation arrest warrant from Texas. The warrant stems from an original felony charge of “burglary of a habitation.” ### Riley County Police are investigating a reported sexual battery. A 24-year-old male told police early Wednesday morning at approximately 1:13 AM he had been inappropriately touched by a male acquaintance while in the City of Manhattan. A…